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ᖃᒧᑕᐅᔭᕐᓗᐊᕿᓚᐅᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ ᐅᑎᓕᖅᖢᓂ ᐃᖃᓗᒐᓱᒡᕕᖕᒥᑦ, ᓯᕋᐱᐅ ᐃᑦᑐᒃᓵᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕆᕙᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᐸᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᔾᔪᓯᐊᓂ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒧᑦ.
ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᖅᓯᐅᖅᖢᓂ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᓄᑦ ᑎᓴᒪᓄᑦ ᐃᑭᐅᑉ ᓯᑯᖓᓂ-ᓴᕕᒃᑯᕕᖃᕋᓂ ᐃᒪᖃᕋᓂᓗ-ᓄᑕᖅᑲᓂᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖅᑎᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᖅᑯᔾᔨᕗᖅ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᕐᓂᕆᓚᐅᖅᑕᒥᓂᒃ ᓴᙱᓂᕐᒥᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᓐᓇᐅᒪᓇᓱᒃᖢᓂ ᓂᒡᓚᓱᒃᑐᐊᓗᖕᒥ, ᐅᓗᕆᐊᓇᕐᓂᖅᐹᒥᒃ ᐊᑐᓕᕋᓗᐊᕋᒥ.
Written by Serapio Ittusardjuat | Illustrated by Matthew K. Hoddy
Serapio Ittusardjuat recounts the traditional skills and knowledge he leaned on to stay alive after his snowmobile broke down halfway across the sea ice on a trip home from a fishing camp.
This harrowing first-person account of four nights spent on the open sea ice—with few supplies and no water—shows young readers the determination and strength necessary to survive in the harsh Arctic climate, even when the worst occurs.